It has been an emotional and powerful season of work. A group of practitioners met to begin a deeper look at healing not only the incident of harm, but deeper wounds and trauma when additional deeper harm is present. That means looking at differences in race, power, gender, any status differences between people participating. Not…
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From offender to storyteller, part 1.
Posted on Author Kris MinerPosted in non-profit management, offenders, Practitioner Skills, storytelling, Victim Impact Panels
For the last 9 years I have had the wonderful blessing and opportunities of Restorative Justice work. From victim-offender dialogue from the simple to the most serious, to 1,000’s of Restorative Justice Circles. Training others, blogging and teaching a college course has served me well in having to stay connected to science, theory and evidence-based…
Circle with diverse members, harmed, harmer and community role models.
What a fortunate place I have, having kept 1,000’s of Circles in a range of contexts. I’ve also been fortunate to train a few hundred in the process, allowing me to hear stories back on what worked well, and what was a lesson. It is soo important that Circles have a diverse mix of perspectives.…
Restorative Justice and the powerful web of interconnectedness.
Posted on Author Kris MinerPosted in Belonging, Full Circle Experiences, offenders, Peace, Relationships, Responses from participants, Restorative Justice, SCVRJP, storytelling, trauma, Victims, Volunteers
I just opened a gift from a Restorative Justice volunteer. SCVRJP has a new wall hanging. It was less than a week ago SCVRJP gifted (gave away) a wall hanging. Interconnectedness of giving and receiving. Restorative Justice includes and survives by this web of interconnectedness, where we offer and accept with grace. The community creates spaces for…
The work to move life forward when others have passed, the power of healing.
A recent Facebook status: The journey from survivor to thrivor takes courage. I followed her into the coffee shop and saw the tattoo with names of the deceased across her back. Three relatives died in that traffic crash 4 years ago, after 9 months of meetings and prep work, she will soon be meeting the…
Sharing for repairing. Restorative Justice, volunteering as a storyteller.
Posted on Author Kris MinerPosted in offenders, Relationships, Restorative Justice, storytelling, Underage Consumption Panels, Victims
At SCVRJP we provide a variety of different talking circle sessions and victim impact panels. We utilize volunteers that are willing to tell their story. Here is a flyer with details: Speakers Information. There are two types of speaking sessions, impact panels and circles. The impact panels are focused specifically on impaired driving. Restorative Justice…